VHS Wrestling Tournament this Weekend

The annual VHS “Throw Down In Snow Town” wrestling tournament is scheduled for this Friday, October 23rd thru Saturday, October 24th. Valdez will be hosting 6 teams and over 150 students from around the state in an intense 2 day tournament. The VHS wrestling team, coached by Paul Childs, is smaller than Valdez is accustomed to seeing, but still contains a group of dedicated and hardworking kids, including VHS Senior Cody Greene. The tournament will be held at VHS gym Friday from 1pm – 8pm and Saturday from 9am until the awards ceremony in the afternoon. The invite is formatted into an 8 man and 16 man bracket where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals will be awarded for each weight class. Trophies will be given to the top two performing teams and one student will receive the Outstanding Wrestler award.